The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-17

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1oWS from Various points.
DEADwoOD BASIN MINES.

DEADwoOD BASIN MINES.
Mr.. A. ]. Marston arrived in towr
during the week bringing a small
consignment of ore from the Lost
Pilgrim mine of Deadwood Basin
This mine was located late last
season, and is owned by Messrs
Marston. Beahr, Henry and Meel
of Boise City, but no work of i'm.
portance was done until the present
summer. The ore was brought
here by "Conn's" pack train, and
amounted to about two tons. II
costs $50 q ton to bring here ia
the sampling works, and assayed
$131 so in silver, being free milling
ore. If this was . fair sample OF
the ore, it would not pay to ship
such q distance under the present
high rate of four cents q pound.
Mr.. Marston says that the ore was
not closely sorted, in fact, was about
as it came out of the mine. He is
confident that much better show
ing will be made with the next lot
as he intends to superintend the
sorting and select only the first-class
ore which he thinks will go Is high
as $500. He proposes to keep all
the second-class ore on the dump
until the mill at Stanley Basin, to
be built by the Buckskin company,
is in working order, when he in
tends to send it there for reduction.
Sam Boone and parties are own
ers of fine prospect in the Basin,
the vein showing we'll in sulphurets
and assaying as high as 81 400.
Owing to partnership troubles the
claim has not been operated beyond
the necessary assessment work, but
with the settlement of existing diff
ferences it is thought the property
will prove a good producer.
MINING swINDLEs.
st. Louis, that last year went
wild over mining ventures, is ex-
periencing some bad luck this sea-
son which is only a natural result
when the spectators there stood
ready to buy almost anything called
a mine. Some Of the worst Wild
cat properties in existence are said
to have been unloaded upon the
innocents, proving paying scheme
to the INSCRIPTIONS operators but
which has had a bad effect on the
market, as those who are engaged
in trying to dispose of really mer-
itorious properties are now regarded
with suspicion. There is altogether
too much misrepresentation being
continually made in the endeavor
to sell mining property, and buyers
should evince more care before pur-
chasing and less kicking afterward.
No mining deal should be consum-
mated before those intending to
purchase are fully convinced by
personal inspection, or through the
medium of a reliable experts re-
port, satisfied that the property is
worth the buying. There are enough
of good claims that need only cap
ital to develop them, and it lie far
better to pay . fair price for such
properties than to get in cheap only
to find the new scquisition dear at
any price.
THE LEAD MARKETS.
Lead, according to the New York
metal reports, shows every DISPOSE
ton to maintain considerable firm
ness. The spectators show . bold
front and offers at cut rates meet
with no response. The importation
figure 10 "a IS which alone keeps
the market in check. Reports from
Chicago show prices to be . shade
weaker, at last accounts ruling at
"a :55. st. Louis figures show q
slightly downward tendency and
buyers bearish; "a so was the rul-
ing price.
MINING NOTES.
Ten tons of ore from the Flint
mine, Owyhee county, were received
At the ssmpling works during the
week.
Two tons of ore from the Dear
Trail claim, located near Smoky
summit, we're brought to the sam
ping works this week. This il the
first shipment made from this mine
in two years.
The new roasters at the smelling
works have been completed and
will he fired as soon 40 the necessary
rails for tracking the new building
q rive and can be laid.
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